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Postdocs and Senior positions in Baylor College of Medicince

Job Details

The Noebels and Jiang laboratories in the Departments of Neuroscience/Neurology at Baylor College of Medicine are jointly seeking applicants for postdoc associate and/or more senior positions. The specific goal of these positions is to use a multi-disciplinary approach, including single-cell RNA sequencing, Patch-seq, multi-patch clamp recording, machine learning, and complicated genetic tools to understand cellular heterogeneity and circuit organization of healthy and diseased brains. They will use rodent and primate models, including surgically resected human tissue, to understand brain cell types with the molecular, spatial, and morpho-electric annotations, and how genetic lesions (related to epilepsy and autism) give rise to culprit cell types that contribute to the core symptoms of affected individuals. You can learn more about our research at (https://www.bcm.edu/people-search/jeffrey-noebels-27644  or https://www.bcm.edu/research/labs-and-centers/faculty-labs/xiaolong-jiang-lab) and more specific information for current projects from recent publications in our labs:

Jiang X., Shen S., Cadwell C.R., Berens P., Sinz F., Ecker A.S., Tolias A.S. (2015). Principles of Connectivity among Morphologically Defined Cell Types in Adult Neocortex. Science. Vol. 350 no. 6264 DOI: 10.1126

Cadwell CR, Palasantza A, Jiang X, Berens P, Deng Q, Yilmaz M, Reimer J, Shen S, Bethge M, Tolias KF, Sandberg R & Tolias AS (2016). Morphological, electrophysiological, and transcriptomic profiling of single neurons using Patch-seq. Nature Biotechnology, 34(2), 199-203. doi: 10.1038/nbt.3445. Epub 2015 Dec 21.

Scala F, Kobak D, Shan S, Bernaerts Y, Laturnus S, Cadwell CR, Hartmanis H, Castro J, Tan ZH, Sandberg S, Berens P, Jiang X*, Tolias AT*. Layer 4 of mouse neocortex differs in cell types and circuit organization between sensory areas. Nature Communication. volume 10, Article number: 4174 (2019) *co-corresponding authors

Hatcher A, Yu K, Meyer J, Aiba I, Deneen B, Noebels JL. Pathogenesis of peritumoral hyperexcitability in an immunocompetent CRISPR-based glioblastoma model.  J Clin Invest. 2020 May 1;130(5):2286-2300.

Miao Q, Herlitze S, Mark D, Noebels JL. Adult loss of Cacna1a in mice recapitulates childhood absence epilepsy by distinct thalamic bursting mechanisms. Brain. 2020 Jan 1;143(1):161-174.

Job Duties

1. Using single-nucleus RNA-sequencing, Patch-seq, multi-patching electrophysiology, and other molecular techniques on brain tissue to decipher and define cellular constituents of cortical circuits with molecular, morpho-electric, spatial, and functional annotations in the primate and rodent brain. 

2. Probe and define the cellular constituents of brain circuits associated with epilepsy and autism.

3. Perform rigorous and well-controlled experiments as well as data analysis

4. Summarize research findings, publish results in research journals, and presentation of research

   results at professional conferences.

Minimum Qualifications

MD or Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.

Extensive knowledge of single-cell RNA-seq, bioinformatics analysis, and molecular techniques.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with patch-clamp electrophysiology.

Excellent written/oral communication and organizational skills are required, and work effectively in a team environment.

Please contact Xiaolong Jiang at xialonj@bcm.edu to inquire and apply for the position.

 

 

Company

Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), located in the middle of the world's largest medical center (Texas Medical Center), is a private US medical school founded in 1900. It is considered to be one of the most outstanding medical schools in the United States. The school is a world leader in biomedical research. Baylor College of Medicine is one of the few schools in the United States with more than one billion dollars in research funds. It ranks 18th in the USNEWS National Medical School.

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